Honestly, that line above — from the increasingly adorable Fabio about Jamie’s scallop obsession — made me spit out my CrÃ¨me fraÃ®che all over my pink peppercorn sprinkled chilled asparagus soup served in a oversize ladle … the first time I heard it, over two weeks ago in a promo for last night’s episode. And despite being inundated with the soundbite almost daily since, it still made me laugh in context. TrÃ¨s funny, my Italian friend.

And I think this season of “Top Chef,” which has been pretty compelling, could use a little more humor, which is why I was stoked to see them add a new judge last night, British food critic Toby Young.

But while the integration of new host Padma Lakshmi and new rotating judge Ted Allen were seamless, Toby seems to be shoving himself onto the judges panel with the subtlety of a chainsaw wielding bulldog — which is part of his charm (or so he keeps telling people).

With overly-scripted barbs blazing, Toby first attacked Radhika’s soup by comparing it to WMDs — “the UN weapons inspectors were looking in the wrong place in the run up to the Iraq war because I have found the weapons of mass destruction and they are in the this bowl before us.”

But he didn’t stop there — after comparing a plate of fish tacos to cat food, and saying that an avocado sorbet was “like Tom Cruise’s cameo in ‘Ttropic Thunder,’ an unexpected treat,” he continued his big screen inspired commentary thanks to a dish where the side vegetables were better prepared than the main course.

“It rather reminded me of one of those Hollywood films in which classical trained British actors have been cast in character actor roles, the two leads were upstaged.”

And that’s exactly my problem, it seems like Toby is trying too hard to upstage Tom and Padma. To become the star of a show, he just joined by being overly snarky, not understanding that we only want the contestants to be snotty, not the judges. So how about you take it down a notch, Tobs? Nobody likes it when a side dish keeps trying to jump on your fork — “Love me the most! eat me now!” And that’s kinda what you’re doing.